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Lynn DeWoskin Covarrubias

Lynn DeWoskin Covarrubias was born shortly after World War II. Both sides of her Jewish family emigrated from what is now Ukraine. Since a young age, the immigrant experience and the intergenerational trauma it sometimes brings has educated her. Professionally, she graduated from San Diego State University and United States International University now Alliant University. She worked as an educator for students with severe handicaps and as a school psychologist in Sweetwater and Cajon Valley school Districts. She is also a licensed educational psychologist.

Students participated in a ceremony at Eugene Brucker Education Center to commemorate Black History month in University Heights on Feb. 3, 2025. (Ariana Drehsler / For The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Opinion: This Black History Month, bravery and interracial solidarity are needed

February 12, 2025 at 11:27 a.m.

Celebrating Black History month has meant recognizing and enjoying many aspects of African American culture, and its contributions to society and the world. It has meant parades, festivals, plays, songs,...

According to the Jewish tradition, to memorialize and honor a loved one that has ed, a candle is lighted on their date of death according to the Hebrew calendar. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer/SCNG)

Opinion: I challenge you to focus on the good. Express gratitude every day.

November 25, 2024 at 10:37 a.m.

One of my older sisters was born on and ed away on the same month and day, the anniversary of which occurred this month. According to the Jewish tradition, we...

A PET brain scan at Banner Alzheimers Institute in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Opinion: I want to reduce my odds of getting dementia. Is there such a thing?

September 14, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

I it that I have been worried about getting dementia for a long time. Observing dementia in four immediate family , I took opportunities to inquire about my chances given...

File photo of then President Donald Trump speaking as a picture of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is seen on a screen during a news conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House August 11, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Opinion: Our voice is our vote. Now is the time to be responsible adults.

July 25, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.

In this next election, we have two clear choices for the presidency. We must choose, even though as statisticians, ﬁnancial market advisers and scientists remind us, we cannot predict...

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Opinion: Aging is not easy. We change without even knowing it.

June 26, 2024 at 6:00 a.m.

Covarrubias is a licensed educational psychologist and lives in Bonita. Have I always been this way?, I wonder. I ask my husband in order to re-orient myself. As I navigate...

The DeWoskin sisters taken the day of my mom’s funeral in 2011.

I’ve am a caregiver for my family with dementia. My mantra helps me cope.

April 25, 2024 at 6:53 p.m.

Covarrubias is a licensed educational psychologist and lives in Bonita.I wrote last summer in The San Diego Union-Tribune about my caregiving experiences with my mother while she had dementia. A great-nephew...

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We are watching and listening, President Biden. The world needs peace.

March 19, 2024 at 9:43 p.m.

Covarrubias is a licensed educational psychologist and lives in Bonita.We do not know all the pressures you face, all the competing interests, forces, and complexities.We do not know how you balance...

Lynn Covarrubias poses near a tree in Tahoe, Calif.

This year I’m working on being present, accepting change and embracing an awe for life

January 15, 2024 at 1:11 p.m.

Covarrubias is a licensed educational psychologist and lives in Bonita.I don’t usually think much of making new year’s resolutions. If anything, I keep my aspirations too front and center in...

Lynn Covarrubias and her husband.

How do we create meaning in our lives as the end nears? At 75, I’m reaching for answers.

December 26, 2023 at 1:14 p.m.

Covarrubias is a licensed educational psychologist and lives in Bonita.As I turn 75, I have never had such an intimate realization of how our declining years affect us, what this...

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We must realize that we can’t kill our way out of terrorism

October 24, 2023 at 1:31 a.m.

Editor’s note: The views expressed in essays posted or printed as part of the newspaper’s Community Voices Project are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of...

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Bias against women still exists, especially in science. When might we see change?

October 12, 2023 at 4:42 p.m.

Covarrubias is a licensed educational psychologist and lives in Bonita.The coverage of the Nobel Prize in Medicine carried by The San Diego Union-Tribune and written for The New York Times reminded...

Lynn Covarrubias helping a student in 1987

My more than 20 years working in schools taught me to never lose sight of our humanity

August 16, 2023 at 12:41 a.m.

Covarrubias is a licensed educational psychologist and lives in Bonita.In 1983, I began my early positions in the Sweetwater Union High School District. By 1990, personnel reductions necessitated my change...